EXCLUSIVE: Batman 3 May Film in New Orleans

Warner Bros hopes to take advantage of the current tax incentives and strike a deal that will move half of the filming of Chris Nolan's next Batman movie to the Big Easy

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By multipurposeponi - 8/8/2010

Although principal photography only recently wrapped on Warner Bros' next tentpole film franchise, Green Lantern, the studio is already hard at work planning for the highly anticipated sequel to The Dark Knight. The latest news on the project has to do with a new, tentative filming location; as executives from Warner Bros want to take advantage of the monumental tax incentives the city has to offer for Christopher Nolan's third Batman installment. It appears the studio's relationship with the New Orleans filming office is at it's peak and neither party wishes for it to end when Green Lantern enters post production in Los Angeles next week.

Location scouting for the untitled Batman project has already begun in Chicago, Illinois, where the two previous films were headquartered. If this new deal finalizes, almost half of principal photography will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana. This deal would be a big help to the studio financially, since it would allow better use of the projected $200 million budget for the film.

The next Batman film is set to begin production between March and April 2011, and is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2012.

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I KNOW THE TRUTH! NOLAN'S JUST BEEN B.S.ING ALL ALONG AND HE'S REALLY PLANNING TO MAKE BATMAN 3 AN "IN DARKEST KNIGHT" ADAPTATION BUT THEN GL AND BATMAN TEAM UP AND THEN THEY FIND WONDER WOMAN WORKING UNDERCOVER ON BOURBON STREET AND THEN AQUAMAN COMES TO CLEAN THE OIL SPILL AND AND AND AND THEN STARRO ATTACKS BECAUSE THE CLEANUP MISSION ANNOYS HIM AND SUPERMAN COMES TO HELP THEM DEFEAT STARRO YAYYYY!!!! of course none of this is even remotely true but it'd sure be a fun surprise.

Whether the term "may" is included or not, no one else is reporting it and it is the first news on the subject. That makes it an exclusive. It's news that WB is tentatively looking at shooting in New Orleans.

I'm glad they are looking at New Orleans. Any economic boost to that area is needed.

"gotham" has been a nickname for new york city since washington irving first used the term—as an allusion to "gothic" literature—due to it's tense, foreboding atmosphere and his feeling that in manhattan one always had the feeling that something grim and supernatural was lurking beneath the surface.

despite the fact that gotham city was created in new york, named after new york, patterned after new york, and has hundreds of stories that reference it's location on the east coast AND its Revolutionary War history (something that is obviously impossible for any city that isn't in one of the 13 original states), batman writers sometimes tried to reference "lake gotham" in an attempt to make it into chicago. but it isn't. it's new york.

so whether it's chicago, new orleans, vancouver or dallas, it doesn't matter, because they're ALL just stand-ins for the only truly world-class city in the country... new york, baby. hahaha can't wait for the hate mail...

They are talking about shooting half the film in New Orleans. The other half can be shot in Chicago. Continuity? This is Hollywood...Set and production work can make anywhere look like Gotham. If they shoot scenes in the warehouse district and swamps around New Orleans, it is still going to look like Gotham. It makes no difference if it is Chicago or not. Gotham has swamps and international harbors and last time I checked, Chicago doesn't have any swamps. ;-) They can still shoot the high-rise scenes in Chicago.

@alternate- you, sir...are an idiot. Washington Irving was not a writer for DC. =P New York- Detroit fot the Northeast. *speaking of which, any ideas for possibility of the Bat Boat on Lake Michigan? All he's got is a cycle now? Come on. Tunnels=played out. ports, open seas would play into New Orleans areas too right?

@phinehas—you're right... tax breaks DO make more work... when the employer is a behemoth like WB looking to drop 200 million dollars on an entertainment project. now tell me, how many unemployed louisiana teachers are they going to be hiring to make this movie? and when exactly will that 200 mil "trickle down" to the new orleans homeless shelters?

everyone has an opinion, but drop the stupid political crap and talk about CBMs.

@crazyray—that was a joke, right? you know i didn't say he wrote for the comics... i think you were kidding. new york was known as gotham for a hundred years before there was a batman. still... i love the NY-Chicago rivalry. btw you know why they call it the "Second City," right...? =))

I deffinitley do not want to see Riddler or Catwoman in this movie! They take away from the realism of Nolan's universe. Have a partnership between Black Mask and The Penguin. And throw in a cameo by Deadshot!

@ LEEE777 i predict a tunnel chase that will have a GL or SUPERMAN cameo at the end of the movie .....BATMAN chasing him with the BATWING.....like the chase that happened in FOXS second installment of fantastic 4, SILVER SURFER vs HUMAN TORCH hahahahah.

@tea—really? i'd think a man like you would have loads of fun in mexico city lol!!! actually it's pretty nice depending on where you are and who you're with. i'm hoping i'll be able to go to havana one of these days, too.

Sao Paulo is my favorite city that I have visited. Brazilians rock! I've always wanted to visit London, but I have not heard good things about the food over there and I am a foodie.

I still don't get why all the angst about what city they film in. They can make any place look like Gotham. Do it in a place that can save them money, give them more bang for the buck and that can really use the boost. Love New Orleans!